How to include column metadata in JSON for an empty DataTable

Question

I am looking to properly describe column metadata in JSON which is later parsed by Newtonsoft to build a C# DataTable. In this way, I\'m hoping to solve a probl

Answer 1

You can add a schema to your json: http://json-schema.org/example1.html

What does your api method signature look like? If you are passing in a json string to be deserialized into an object you would already have the column info on the object itself. I would suggest changing your api method signature to something like:

[HttpPost, Route("packages")]
public IHttpActionResult Packages(IEnumerable packages)

You could then use that list for your data tables or just enumerate the list as it is.